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Tag: Wandsworth

Danebury Avenue, SW15

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Place Name Danebury Ring, also known as Danebury Hillfort, is one of the best-preserved Iron Age hillforts in southern England.…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Domesday Book, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Dilton Gardens, SW15

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Place Name Takes its name from Dilton a hamlet to the west of Beaulieu Heath and on the eastern edge…

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Filed under: Alton Estate, Roehampton, social housing, streets with a Hampshire connection, Wandsworth

Clarence Lane, SW15

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Place Name The Duke of Clarence (August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) bought Petersham Lodge for 1,200 guineas from…

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Filed under: Putney Heath, Roehampton, streets named after houses, streets named after royals, Wandsworth, William IV

Clare Place, SW15

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Place Name Named for the nearby Mount Clare, a Grade I listed house, designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor, and…

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Filed under: East India Company, Roehampton, streets named after an Indian connection, streets named after houses, streets with a connection to the East India Company, Wandsworth

Commondale, SW15

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Place Name As the name suggests this Putney Common and immediate surrounds remained open pasture and farmland for all, that…

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Filed under: Putney, Putney Common, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

Coppice Drive, SW15

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Place Name A reference to the historic tree belt in the extensive park of Dover House, which can be clearly…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, Roehampton, streets named after trees, streets named after woods, Wandsworth, woods

Crestway, SW15

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Place Name A somewhat grand name to describe this street which was laid out on the lip of a hill…

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Filed under: Dover House Estate, hills, Putney, social history, social housing, Wandsworth, West Putney

Charlwood Road, SW15

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Place Name Originally Worple Road, as shown on Rocque’s Map of 1741 – 1745, this was literally a track through…

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Filed under: market garden, name change, Putney, Thamesfield, Wandsworth

York Road, SW11

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Place Name York Place, known variously as Sylverton, Bridge Court, and York House, was once the London residence of the…

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Filed under: Archbishop of York, Battersea, Church of England, St Mary's, streets named after houses, streets named after people with a Yorkshire connection, Wandsworth

The Causeway, SW18

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Place Name Stanford’s map of 1864 clearly shows how marshy and wet the Wandle Delta used to be. North of…

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Filed under: industry, river, River Wandle, Wandle, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Town

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